It appears that the writer of “Congress put Postal Service in a bind” (Aug. 24 letter) would prefer that he and his fellow letter carriers end up like so many Kodakers — with a company that can’t afford to pay their retiree benefits because they weren’t properly funded. I agree that it is not “fair” that apparently the Postal Service has been singled out to fully fund their retirees’ benefits. But it is about time that some part of our government did that. Past administrations have “given us” benefit after benefit and passed the bill to our children and grandchildren. This administration has honed this to a fine art — just look at the Affordable Care Act, the funding details of which are now coming to light.

It is about time that we all take the responsibility to pay for the benefits that we want. And if we can’t afford them, or are unwilling to pay for them, then we don’t get them.